Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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For a high school science fair project, 17-year-old Michio Kaku built a particle accelerator in his parent's garage that was able to generate a magnetic field 20,000 times greater than the Earth's and produce collisions powerful enough to create antimatter.
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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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Scientists are attempting to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. A cellular human brain is predicted possible by 2023. It hopes to shed light on consciousness.
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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
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